AOL wrote: “Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We’ve never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth.”
The news of Michael Jackson’s trauma was instantaneous, moving so fast, that many people weren’t sure where the news was coming from, or what condition the pop star was in. One thing was clear, though, Jackson’s death is admittedly the largest single event ever to hit the internet. The global expanse was amazing, eliciting instant responses from heads of state like former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who said: “We lost a hero of the world.”
The surprise that news of the death of the self-proclaimed King of Pop could be felt so worldwide isn’t surprising, as he was recently listed as the 6th most well-known person in the world. What what was surprising, though, was how fast the news spread and how it triggered so much activity that the internet wobbled from the heavy traffic. 
The Los Angeles Times reports that Twitter received 5000 tweets a minute at the peak of the flurry. From Facebook to Yahoo Instant Messaging, the story was told not by a television or radio “Breaking News” interrupt, but by the person next door, across the street and around the world.
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